Springtime Tallahassee Festival Inc.

“The president, president-elect, secretary, treasurer, general chair, general chair-elect, and governor shall constitute the executive committee of the board of directors and are authorized to act in the interim between regular board meetings to transact such business of the organization as may be required. The concurrence of at least four (4) members of the executive committee shall be required for it to act and such action shall be approved/ratified by the board of directors at its next regular meeting.”

“Executive director, black moore and board member, brady squires have a family relationship. All board members also serve as board members for related organization, springtime tallahassee, inc.”

“The bylaws were revised to update the organization's membership structure and general member requirements. The number of krewes was reduced from five to three. The three revised krewes include the spanish krewe 1528-1821, the war & reconstruction krewe 1821-1900, and the 20th century krewe and beyond 1901-present. The maximum number of regular and provisional members in each krewe increased from 50 to 80. A minimum member requirement for each krewe was also set for 25. The number of board members was reduced as each krewe has a chief and representative that serves on the board of directors.”

“The organization has three classes of members, one voting and two non-voting: (1) festival patrons are members contributing assets or services of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) in value in any one year to the organization's annual festival and related events, but do not have the right to vote. (2) festival contributing members must be a member in good standing in springtime tallahassee, inc. Who annually contributes the minimum amount of monies which the board of directors set from time to time in support of the organization's purpose(s), but said members do not have the right to vote, except as otherwise set forth herein connection with various committees of the organization. (3) sustaining member is solely springtime tallahassee, inc., which is the parent organization of springtime tallahassee festival, inc. Springtime tallahassee, inc. Is the only member of the organization with the right to vote.”

“Regular members of the parent organization, springtime tallahassee, inc. Have the right to vote, elect members to the board of directors, and hold office.”

“The form 990 is provided to and reviewed by the organization's board of directors annually. A final review and approval of the form 990 is done by the organization's executive director and president prior to finalizing and filing with the irs.”

“Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such persons: (a) has received a copy of the organization's articles of incorporation and bylaws, which include a conflict of interest policy and other prohibitions and restrictions; (b) has ready and understands the articles and bylaws; (c) has agreed to comply with the articles and bylaws; and (d) understands the organization is charitable and in order to maintain federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes(s), as well as avoid substantial, significant or material conflicts of interest”

“The executive director's compensation is reviewed and voted on annually by the board of directors. Compensation paid by similarly situated employers, current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms, and actual written offers from similarly situated employers are reviewed and taken into consideration when determining the executive director's compensation.”

“Documents are available upon request for general public and on website for members of organization.”